Dipogon variegatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a spider-hunting wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDipogon variegatus (a spider-hunting wasp)
GenusDipogon (a genus of spider-hunting wasps)
TribePepsini (a tribe of hymenopterans)
SubfamilyPEPSINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyPOMPILIDAE (spider-hunting wasps)
SuperfamilyVESPOIDEA (wasps)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Dipogon variegatus (a spider-hunting wasp) :
1: Dipogon variegatus (a spider-hunting wasp)
21 Aug 2004 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, indoors, at window
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - enlargedImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings together - enlargedImage 3: Female - head, antennae, thorax - dorsal view - enlargedImage 4: Female - ventral view - enlargedImage 5: Female - head, antennae, thorax - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 6: Female - head, thorax - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 7: Female - head, thorax - dorsal view - magnified (2)Image 8: Female - metasoma and hind legs - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 9: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 10: Female - propodeum - magnifiedImage 11: Female - thorax and base of abdomen - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 12: Female - thorax and propodeum - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 13: Wings and thorax - magnifiedImage 14: Wings - magnified - grey backgroundImage 15: Wings - magnified - pale background

Dipogon variegatus (a spider-hunting wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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